The world’s No. 1 crypto, and prices of digital assets more broadly, were headed higher on Monday
At last check, bitcoin prices
BTCUSD,
+1.33%
had climbed more than 12% and were changing hands around $40,631 on CoinDesk, which would mark the highest level since late May, according to FactSet data.
Gains for the crypto are still far from its mid-April peak near $65,000, but bullish investors view the recent price run-up as constructive and potentially auguring well for bitcoin values in the longer term.
The rally was being partly attributed to comments from Tesla Inc.
TSLA,
+1.61%
CEO Elon Musk, who appeared to acknowledge that the electric-vehicle maker had sold some 10% of its crypto holdings but also said that the company would resume allowing purchases of its products in bitcoin if miners of the digital asset can confirm that they use 50% clean energy.
The moves in crypto come as stocks are under pressure in early trade as investors await a key update on Wednesday from the Federal Reserve about its inflation outlook. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
-0.44%,
the S&P 500 index
SPX,
-0.24%
and the Nasdaq Composite Index
COMP,
+0.13%
were all struggling for altitude but holding near record-closing highs.
Meanwhile, other crypto assets were also climbing in sympathy with bitcoin, perhaps. Ether coins
ETHUSD,
+0.01%
on the ethereum blockchain were up more than 8%, changing hands at $2,546.22, and meme asset dogecoin
DOGEUSD,
-0.71%
was up about 7% to trade near 33 cents.
Those assets are also well off their recent peaks hit in May.
